Kao Corporation (TYO:4452)

Kao Corporation Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions JPY. Fiscal year is January - December.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Nov 25, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020
Market Capitalization	2,915,118	2,967,136	2,696,205	2,442,686	2,852,283	3,833,082
Market Cap Growth	-7.80%	10.05%	10.38%	-14.36%	-25.59%	-11.68%
Enterprise Value	2,895,142	2,944,603	2,709,844	2,486,832	2,835,374	3,825,081
Last Close Price	6423.00	6311.92	5600.02	4938.68	5505.49	7129.60
PE Ratio	24.54	27.53	61.46	28.39	26.02	30.39
Forward PE	21.93	25.86	30.03	21.95	21.72	28.37
PS Ratio	1.75	1.82	1.76	1.58	2.01	2.77
PB Ratio	2.76	2.70	2.66	2.45	2.90	4.09
P/TBV Ratio	4.01	3.92	3.95	3.39	3.91	5.49
P/FCF Ratio	24.91	20.58	18.18	37.36	24.68	24.68
P/OCF Ratio	15.94	14.72	13.32	18.66	16.25	17.85
PEG Ratio	2.46	0.88	2.42	3.28	3.68	5.46
EV/Sales Ratio	1.73	1.81	1.77	1.60	2.00	2.77
EV/EBITDA Ratio	11.58	12.61	14.28	12.22	11.81	14.44
EV/EBIT Ratio	17.65	20.31	27.04	21.87	18.56	21.38
EV/FCF Ratio	24.74	20.42	18.27	38.03	24.53	24.63
Debt / Equity Ratio	0.23	0.22	0.26	0.26	0.27	0.29
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	0.96	1.05	1.38	1.29	1.12	1.03
Debt / FCF Ratio	2.03	1.70	1.76	4.02	2.33	1.77
Asset Turnover	0.94	0.90	0.88	0.90	0.84	0.83
Inventory Turnover	3.58	3.68	3.59	3.96	3.97	3.98
Quick Ratio	1.09	1.18	1.14	1.03	1.32	1.31
Current Ratio	1.78	1.79	1.78	1.66	1.92	1.83
Return on Equity (ROE)	11.75%	10.46%	4.60%	8.87%	11.59%	14.15%
Return on Assets (ROA)	5.65%	4.98%	3.58%	4.14%	5.67%	6.74%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	7.80%	6.93%	4.95%	5.66%	7.75%	9.43%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	12.20%	10.70%	7.70%	9.20%	11.90%	14.40%
Earnings Yield	4.17%	3.63%	1.63%	3.52%	3.84%	3.29%
FCF Yield	4.01%	4.86%	5.50%	2.68%	4.05%	4.05%
Dividend Yield	2.41%	2.41%	2.68%	3.00%	2.62%	1.96%
Payout Ratio	58.66%	65.18%	158.06%	80.12%	61.90%	51.52%
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.15%	0.05%	0.98%	1.27%	1.14%	0.49%
Total Shareholder Return	2.49%	2.46%	3.66%	4.27%	3.76%	2.45%

Updated Sep 30, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.